Mr. Kojiro NAKAHARA
Independent Non-Executive Director

Aged 71, he was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company in July 2003 and is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Company. He graduated from Tokyo Mercantile Marine University in 1964 with a Bachelor degree in Marine Engineering. He joined Kanematsu Corporation in 1964 and had held various senior positions in Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong offices. He was appointed Managing Director of Kanematsu (Hong Kong) Limited in 1996 and retired in 2000.